"Oh, very good," Jedao murmurs after hearing news of the rescue. He definitely doesn't get knocked over - doesn't even wobble - and gets a good ear ruffle in himself before Dronebait reluctantly heels.

"I don't mind him," Jedao assures Cody, then waves a hand. "At ease, everybody, at ease forever, I'm retired," he announces, although there's no reproach in it for their hard-earned reflexes, and he flips Hardcase a Kennedy half dollar for winning the unspoken contest, because he is a terrible influence, grinning as he manages to catch it out of the air despite Hevy's scuffling attempts to intercept.

"Fives has been telling me stories about a roof garden, I'd love to see it," he adds, voice warmly hopeful without calling Tup out either by name or by gaze.